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Mari Ricker, MD, stands in front of a roomful of people at a table with different ingredients set on it.

How to succeed with New Year’s resolutions

U of A health experts offer tips on sticking to your goals and making changes in 2026.

Two men hold a giant pair of scissors as they prepare to cut a ceremonial ribbon as a group of about 10 other people look on.

U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix and Onvida Health announce groundbreaking rural health partnership

Two men and a woman, all dressed in hard hats and reflective mining jackets, looks at a mining facility in the distance. Their backs are to the camera.

U of A and mining company launch community health impact assessment in Santa Cruz County

A closeup of a long scar on a woman's shoulder.

A type of immune cell could hold a key to preventing scar tissue buildup in wounds

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

Members of the Alliance for Vaccine Literacy group started by Purnima Madhivanan, PhD, MBBS, MPH, (center arms crossed) flex their muscles in supporting the UArizona Health Sciences community in effectively talking with vaccine hesitant friends and family. (From left) Students Wesley Chiu, Himanashi Kapoor, Dametreea Carr McCuin, Dr. Madhivanan, Maiya Block, MPH, and Riley Sena.

Engaging Vaccine-Hesitant Loved Ones with Empathy

Reseachers at the College of Nursing will use a grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health to study phone-delivered interventions to help people stop smoking.

Researchers Receive $3.3M to Study Integrative Health Program to Help People Stop Smoking

Tommy K. Begay, PhD, MPH, says environments of toxic stress impact neurophysiology of children, and can lead to unhealthy outcomes as they become adults.

Integrating Indigenous Wisdom and Western Medicine

The Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Initiative was established to find answers to critical PASC-related issues including why some people recover while others do not, PASC risk factors, and strategies for preventing and treating PASC.

UArizona Health Sciences Researchers to Study Long COVID as Part of National Collaborative

UArizona Researchers Develop Ultra-Thin 'Computer on the Bone'

College of Nursing student Valerie Pedersen gives a woman a COVID-19 vaccine at a MOVE UP clinic at the Consulate of Mexico in Douglas hosted by the UArizona Health Sciences in partnership with the Cochise County Health Department.

MOVE UP Outreach Program Administers 36,000 COVID-19 Vaccines in Arizona’s Rural and Underserved Communities

Photo illustration by Debra Bowles

Aligning Research with Indigenous Data Sovereignty

Klearchos Papas, PhD, director of the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Institute for Cellular Transplantation, holds a synthetic nanoporous pouch used in an implantable cell therapy device to provide insulin for Type 1 diabetes patients.

Health Sciences Researchers Close In on Diabetes Solution

Maya Sarihan, MD, then a College of Medicine – Tucson 4th year medical student, administers a COVID-19 vaccine to an agricultural laborer at the Consulate of Mexico in Douglas, Arizona, as part of a MOVE UP clinic hosted by UArizona Health Sciences.

MOVE UP Outreach Dispenses 36,000 COVID-19 Vaccines

From left: Associate Vice President for Communications, Mark Lane, with members of the Health Sciences Office of Communications staff Kris Hanning, Lesley Merrifield, Caroline Berger, Stacy Pigott and Gawain Douglas hold up the five awards received at the annual Public Relations Society of America – Southern Arizona IMPACT Awards ceremony.

Health Sciences Office of Communications Takes Home Top Honors

Research Study on Cancer Risk for Wildland Firefighters Funded by FEMA

Jennie Joe, PhD, MPH, professor emerita, Family and Community Medicine, smiles after revealing the sign for the newly named Wassaja Carlos Montezuma Center for Native American Health in late October.

Renamed Center Honors Arizona’s First Native American Doctor